# Incident 20120331005389I: Richcreek Donald M RV-6, Prescott, AZ, March 31, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 2012, 08:54 local time
- Place: Prescott, AZ
- Airport: Prescott, Love Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5400° N, 112.4685° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Prescott, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5400&lon=-112.4685&mi=10
- Aircraft: N822L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N822L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Richcreek Donald M RV-6 (registry code 05624K6, https://openairdocs.org/model/richcreek-donald-m-rv-6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RICHCREEK DONALD M RV-6
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,470 total, 940 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120331005389I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

3/31/2012 THE PILOT HAD A  HARD LANDING AT PRESCOTT AIRPORT (KPRC) DAMAGING THE PROPELLER.WINDS WERE VARIABLE AT 6 KNOTS AT THE TIME OF LANDING.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE WAS LINED UP ON RUNWAY 21L AT KPRC WHEN TOWER SWITCHED HIM TO RUNWAY 21R. THIS SWITCH CAUSED HIM TO BE HIGHER ON THE GLIDE PATH FOR THE NEW RUNWAY. IN ADDITION, HE FELT HE WAS DISTRACTED BY A GROUP OF PEOPLE ON THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE WINDS ON THE APPROACH WERE DIFFERENT THAN THE WINDS THAT HE EXPERIENCED NEAR THE RUNWAY AND ON TOUCHDOWN. BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERING WINDS HE WAS EXPERIENCING WHILE AT A HIGHER APPROACH ALTITUDES, HE DECIDED TO EXECUTE A WHEEL LANDING. THE WINDS ON THE RUNWAY WERE ABOUT SEVEN KNOTS. HE COULDN'T RECALL THE DIRECTION OF THE WINDS, BUT STATED THEY WERE APPROXIMATELY 20 DEGREES OFF OF A DIRECT HEADWIND.HE ALSO SAID THAT HE WAS LATE FOR AN APPOINTMENT AND THAT HE PRESSURED HIMSELF TO COMPLETE THE LANDING.HE ALSO SAID HE RECALLED THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED ONCE ON THE LANDING RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER.

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